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Ted Cruz: Ignore my homophobia, ISIS are killing gay people
–Senator Ted Cruz (R., Texas), speaking with reporters in Beaumont, Texas while on a campaign tour of the state. Cruz is one of several Republican...
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Boy Scouts president: We can’t keep banning gay leaders
–Boy Scouts of America president Robert Gates, speaking at the BSA’s annual national meeting in Atlanta, Yahoo! reports. Gates, a former Secretary of Defense, told...
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Lieu bill would classify gay conversion therapy as “fraud”
Amid an increase in public support for banning the practice conversion therapy on minors, and news this week that Oregon has become the third state...
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Oregon bans gay conversion therapy for minors
Oregon Gov. Kate Brown (D), the nation’s first out bisexual governor, signed into law legislation on Monday that prohibits the practice of conversion or “reparative”...
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Louisiana governor issues “religious freedom” executive order
Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal took matters into his own hands on Tuesday and issued an executive order that would allow discrimination against LGBT people under the...
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School bus driver to girls: You’re gay and will burn in hell
—Maurissa Rushing, an 11-year-old Missouri native, recounting her experience with a homophobic school bus driver. Speaking with Fox4KC, Rushing stated that the driver cornered her and...
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Voters in Eureka Springs, Arkansas uphold nondiscrimination ordinance
Voters in the tourist town of Eureka Springs, Ark., went to the polls on Tuesday to uphold an ordinance preventing discrimination based on sexual orientation...
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Bigots aren’t happy with Girl Scouts accepting transgender youth
— Penny Nance, of Concerned Women for America, speaking on American Family Radio’s Today’s Issues about the Girl Scouts decision to accept transgender youth. Right Wing Watch...
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Laramie passes nondiscrimination laws 17 years after Matthew Shepard’s death
–Jeran Artery, head of Wyoming Equality, speaking with the Associated Press after Laramie City Council approved a law designed to protect LGBT citizens from discrimination....
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GLAAD Media Awards honor Ripa, Roberts
Last weekend's GLAAD Media Awards in New York were emotionally charged
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Murray, Israel introduce Freedom from Discrimination in Credit Act
U.S. Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.) and U.S. Rep. Steve Israel (D-N.Y.) introduced legislation on Wednesday to prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity...
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FDA recommends lifting lifetime ban on MSM blood donations
Proposed guidance would replace ban with 1-year deferral from last sexual encounter
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Texas lawmakers pushing anti-marriage equality measures
The Texas Senate on Monday approved a measure protecting anyone who refuses to accommodate same-sex marriage from the threat of legal action. The bill is...
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Carly Fiorina changes her mind on banning same-sex marriage
— Former HP CEO Carly Fiorina, Republican contender for the 2016 presidency, speaking with conservative blog Caffeinated Thoughts about an impending Supreme Court ruling on...
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Hawaii Legislature sends transgender birth certificate bill to governor’s desk
Hawaii has simplified the process by which transgender and intersex individuals may obtain a new, clean version of their birth certificate. The Hawaii Legislature last...
